5.15.2016

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Collateral Damage: 60 Minutes reports on Chinese Americans wrongly accused of espionage-related crimes as the U.S. steps up the fight against Chinese theft of U.S. trade secrets and intellectual property.

Podcast Ep 16: A Tribe Called Mash-Up: Where do we belong? Who do we belong to? And what do we do when one of our own goes off the rails? Are we responsible for our whole group? The latest episode of The Mash-Up Americans Podcast is all about tribes.

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My Eyes Are Asian Because I Am: "I've wondered if having eyelids that both held a double fold would make me happier, or at least less of a target. But my race, and myself, can never be defined by one little crease."

Where Are the Asian-American Movie Stars? After an uproar over the whitewashing of Asian characters in Doctor Strange and Ghost in the Shell,The Hollywood Reporter looks at how Asian-American representation can be improved in Hollywood.

Chinatown's Poorest Live In The Shadow Of Luxury: Boston Chinatown's historic row houses accommodate very low income workers living two to three families per unit. With the city's most expensive luxury development just a few blocks away, developers are kicking these families out and making affordable housing even more scarce.

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Coming home to make new memories: When Vanessa Hua told friends and colleagues she was moving back to her childhood home, they were astounded. Why she moved back.

Model Minority Myth, Data Aggregation Masks Alcohol Issues: Report: Heavy episodic drinking and alcohol abuse are increasing among U.S.-born Asian-American adults, but research in the area is limited due in part to the persisting "model minority myth" and aggregated data, according to a research review published in the latest edition of Alcohol Research Current Reviews under the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Two Hmong American filmmakers shake up Hollywood: Hmong American brothers Abel and Burlee Vang recently sold their project Bedevilled -- financed by Hmong Americans -- to Voltage Pictures, the company that produced The Hurt Locker and Dallas Buyers Club.

New Vice series looks at the man behind Miami Connection: The new Vice series Outsider, which explores the stories and psychology of the creators of some of film's most gonzo endeavors, looks at the 1987 cult classic Miami Connection and its star/co-writer/co-director/fight coordinator Y.K. Kim.